Question

write the contribution that Rutherford made to the development of the atomic theory.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Rutherford's contribution was the discovery that atoms contain a positively charged nucleus much smaller than the actual atom. Rutherford was not an Oxford physicist, as stated in the article. He worked in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Rutherford overturned Thomson's model in 1911 with his well-known gold foil experiment in which he demonstrated that the atom has a tiny and heavy nucleus. Rutherford designed an experiment to use the alpha particles emitted by a radioactive element as probes to the unseen world of atomic structure.

Ernest Rutherford postulated the nuclear structure of the atom, discovered alpha and beta rays, and proposed the laws of radioactive decay. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908